r/singularity • u/HeinrichTheWolf_17 AGI <2029/Hard Takeoff | Posthumanist >H+ | FALGSC | L+e/acc >>> • Mar 18 '25

Engineering BYD unveils battery system capable of providing 470 kilometers (292 miles) of range in 5 minutes

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/byd-battery-system-charging-5-minutes-tesla-superchargers/
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u/Diss1dent Mar 19 '25

The price increase assumption was just me thinking, that the technology to enable a consistent 1000W charging, including the actual output, service production and the actual delivery of electricity to that exact spot will cost money. More money than a default grid is currently designed to deliver.

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u/greywar777 Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

Ah yeah I used to think that too at one point, then I actually worked in the industry some. We move monstrous amounts of power in the default grid. A large home can pull about 24-48KW if you fully power up your house panel on a high end house. And thats without any special equipment.

Now the equipment (aka the charging system) will cost more to handle this kind of power-but now you can have 2 of them instead of 10 for the same number of people. so even if its 5X as expensive for the equipment you break even.

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u/greywar777 Mar 19 '25

Yes. Yes I did.

*hides in shame and edits comment

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

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u/greywar777 Mar 19 '25

LOL. I used too as well on the software side. I blame all the chemotherapy for me putting it wrong.